{"id":7781,"date":"2013-05-02T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:43:59","slug":"hotlist-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/hotlist-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Webmaker Hotlist: Pong attacks, responding to the Times in code, lost cities, panda gymanstics"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How DDOS attacks work\" href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/blog\/understand-how-ddos-attacks-work-with-these-cool-visualizations\"><strong>Understanding a DDoS attack with Pong<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; Vice Magazine&#8217;s <em>Motherboard<\/em> helps you visualize a denial of service attack works. Interesting visual analogies of how the web works.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artcopycode.com\/#\/film\"><strong>new Art, Copy &amp; Code film<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; great example of &#8220;web-made movies&#8221; \/ &#8220;web-native cinema&#8221; \/ &#8220;social video.&#8221; It gathers data like time, location, weather and what\u2019s happening on the web &#8212; then weaves them into a video that&#8217;s unique every time.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The-NYT-Common-Core.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Churnalism\" alt=\"The NYT -- Common Core\" src=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The-NYT-Common-Core.png\" width=\"347\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/26\/common-core-practice-reading-the-times-and-responding-in-code\/?smid=tw-share\"><strong>&#8220;Reading the New York Times and Responding in Code&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; this NYT education blog post walks educators how to use Webmaker tools for creative writing and media literacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chad Sansing&#8217;s &#8220;<a title=\"#teachtheweb: on becoming a webmaker\" href=\"http:\/\/classroots.org\/2013\/04\/26\/teachtheweb-on-becoming-a-webmaker\/\" rel=\"xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark xh:bookmark bookmark\">#teachtheweb: on becoming a webmaker<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; &#8212;\u00a0 a Virginia teacher and leader with the National Writing Project&#8217;s journey with coding, teaching and Webmaker.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Why I Code\" href=\"http:\/\/royanlee.com\/?p=2506\">&#8220;Why I Code&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>: A young student\u2019s perspective on why coding helps him relax, and the pride and pleasure of problem-solving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Coding. It\u2019s a new language that opens many windows. <strong>Coding is the ability to manipulate electronic and invisible things to do what you want them to do<\/strong>. It is the equivalent to communication with a friend.\u00a0 <em>&#8211;Amir<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/royanlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/02-800x390.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"234\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Simple and Beautiful\" href=\"http:\/\/hereistoday.com\/\">Here is Today<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; Simple and beautiful data visualization, putting your day into epic context. Like <a title=\"Powers of Ten video (1977)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0\">Powers of Ten<\/a> for time.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Build Film\" href=\"http:\/\/thebuildfilm.com\">The Build<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; Great personal storytelling. These bike-makers make the transition from website into film totally seamless.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Churnalism\" href=\"http:\/\/churnalism.sunlightfoundation.com\">Churnalism<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Spot plagiarism or questionable sources in your media diet. Just plug in text or a URL, and this checker will look to see how much of the article is ripped from another source &#8212; and what source it\u2019s ripped from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Churnalism\" alt=\"journalismwarninglabels2 small Journalism Warning Labels   bringing the fight to sloppy reporting   \" src=\"http:\/\/www.redferret.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/journalismwarninglabels2_small.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenheartgames.com\/2013\/04\/29\/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy\/\">Meta-piracy inception<\/a><\/strong>. What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy? <strong class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"XKCD 105\" href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1205\/\">Boards of Canada code puzzle<\/a><\/strong>. Like an easter egg math or code puzzle. More context and latest developments <a title=\"Board of Canada Reveal\" href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/50489-boards-of-canada-reveal-album-title-in-new-clues\/?utm_campaign=search&amp;utm_medium=site&amp;utm_source=search-ac\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"XKCD 105\" href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1205\/\">Is it worth the time?<\/a><\/strong> This handy chart helps you decide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1205\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Long you work on making a routine task more difficult\" alt=\"Is It Worth the Time?\" src=\"http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/is_it_worth_the_time.png\" width=\"343\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Red Panda Gymnast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/04\/25\/red-panda-does-gymnastic-ring-pull-ups-video_n_3154732.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy\">Red Panda Gymnast<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Red Pandas are also known as &#8220;Firefoxes,&#8221; so we have a soft spot for them. This one does 300 pull-ups a day.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Underwater City\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/earth\/environment\/archaeology\/10022628\/Lost-city-of-Heracleion-gives-up-its-secrets.html\">The lost city of Heracleion<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; the discovery of an entire city sunk beneath the waves. Doesn&#8217;t have much to do with the web, but the photos are amazing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/02548\/heracleion-4_2548199c.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding a DDoS attack with Pong &#8212; Vice Magazine&#8217;s Motherboard helps you visualize a denial of service attack works. Interesting visual analogies of how the web works. new Art, Copy &amp; Code film&#8212; great example of &#8220;web-made movies&#8221; \/ &#8220;web-native &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/hotlist-6\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378228],"tags":[344310,15547,343077,5,23085],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}